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by SanctimoniousApe
The reviews and opinions below are posted by SnapFiles visitors. They do not necessarily reflect our opinion, and are solely based on the experience of individual users.
- Freeware
Win XP
Good for target audience, otherwise redundant 
LocalCooling version 1.04 beta
- Interface: 2
- Features: 2
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 3
- Overall:
Nothing here that can't be done better by using the control panel's "Power Options." If you've already done so, the program's memory (18MB) and processor usage can technically cause MORE energy waste. HOWEVER, for those who are not adept at (or couldn't be bothered with) doing the above it encourages power conservation by making a game out of it as well as giving hard numbers (even if only a vague guesstimate) to look at. While this may backfire by encouraging extremely competitive types to leave their PC on when they'd otherwise shut it off just so the program kicks in (it's not clear how "off" time is counted), overall it's more likely the positives will outweigh the negatives and therefore is better than no power tweaking at all. Other issues include a non-standard GUI and no "suspend" support, but Snapfiles doesn't provide enough review space (or formatting options) to talk about those, too.
Review date: Nov 08, 2007
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Didn't work for me...
CombiMovie
- Interface: 3
- Features: 1
- Ease of use: 2
- Value: 1
- Overall:
Tried this twice just to be sure, but didn't properly join the files. The output *appeared* to be the right size, but something screwed up because Media Player Classic (which I've NEVER had a problem with, so I highly doubt it was a compatibility issue) showed only ~34mins, even though the first part *before* joining was over 45mins!
Review date: Jan 26, 2006
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Regex good only for finding, not replacing!
InfoRapid Search & Replace version 3.1f
- Interface: 3
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 4
- Overall:
Pretty good search options, but unless I'm missing something it appears it can only replace with specific text. With RegEx replace I should be able to search for "pic([0-9]).jpg" and replace with "pic000.jpg", but the replace dialog doesn't recognize the .
Review date: Jan 10, 2006
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Does the job the others claim to do...
UnzipThemAll version 1.03
- Interface: 3
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 4
- Overall:
Several other general purpose ZIP programs were supposed to handle "Multi-Extract," but invariably screwed it up somehow. Same with [..] that was supposed to specialize in this. This program isn't perfect, but it finally did the job (mostly) right. Minor Complaints: 1. Batch programs shouldn't stop and wait upon an error, but instead log it and show a summary afterwards. The "log file" option doesn't stop this annoying behavior. Shouldn't be forced to log to a file up front, either - show it with an option to save afterwards. 2. It should prompt for each password instead of taking a "one PW fits all" approach. A quick up-font scan for ZIPs with PWs to get them out of the way first would be good when doing so. 3. A proper directory "tree" would make it much easier to navigate to where you want to be. Minor quibbles, like I said...
Review date: Nov 13, 2005
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Very convenient for webmail accounts!
POP Peeper version 2.4.2
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
The one thing I wish ths supported was the ability to manage folders on the various web accounts, but I understand that would probably take a lot of work. Past that, that program ROCKS! It's highly configurable, supports many popular WebMail systems, makes a nice unified inbox (color-coding the various e-mail accounts so you can tell where each one came from at a glance), displays HTML e-mail (using MSIE as an underpinning - not my preference for security purposes, but it keeps the program small and tight, so it's understandable), and even lets you reply right there - no external e-mail program needed. Extremely convenient and very nice. High quality freeware - I love it! I don't remember if the author takes donations, but when I get another job again I intend to support this program!
Review date: Oct 07, 2005
Create interactive Flash movies and tutorials to show how applications and systems work.
